Jurors in the Barry Bonds case remained mostly out of sight on day 3 of their deliberations. They never entered Judge Susan Illston's courtroom on the 19th floor of the Phillip Burton Federal Building, spending about six hours behind closed doors Tuesday without reaching a verdict.

Track and field officials are investigating former world champion sprinter Zhanna Block for doping and could seek to strip the Ukrainian of her medals in a BALCO steroid case that goes back a decade and centers on one of Marion Jones' biggest rivals, The Associated Press has learned.

Jeff Novitzky, the tall, unflappable lead investigator of the government's nine-year sports doping investigation will likely fold himself back into the witness stand for a second day as the lead witness in the Barry Bonds' criminal trial.

Jeff Novitzky, the tall, unflappable lead investigator of the government's nine-year sports doping investigation will likely fold himself back into the witness stand for a second day as the lead witness in the Barry Bonds' criminal trial.

On April 8, the San Francisco Giants will unfurl the banner from their first World Series championship since moving to the West Coast in 1958, a title celebrated both for the long drought it ended and for the everyman quality of most of the players who delivered it.